Charles graduated from Harvard College in 1860, and being younger than many of his fellow graduates sought further education at the "Scientific School", which later morphed into Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He studied engineering.
When the Civil War broke out, he was drawn to the Union cause and began to seek a commission in one of the Massachusetts regiments. He even traveled to Washington, D. C. in February of 1862 to pursue a commission to no avail. In May of 1862 he enlisted as a private in the Fourth Battalion Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, but a few days later it was discharged. So in July he was appointed a recruiting officer for the Thirtythird Massachusetts Volunteers, and after much labor and expense failed to secure enough men to obtain a commission. "If I don't get any commission at all, I shall go off somewhere, perhaps enlist. I won't be seen at home," were his words. At last, on the 14th of August, 1862, perseverance received its reward, and he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Second Massachusetts Volunteers, which had just immortalized itself at Cedar Mountain. The evening of August 17th found the young lieutenant with his regiment at Culpepper, in temporary command of Company D. TWo and a half years later, at the very end of the Civil War, he would be killed in action at Hatcher's Run near Petersburg, Virginia.
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on 1/17/14.
When the Civil War broke out, he was drawn to the Union cause and began to seek a commission in one of the Massachusetts regiments. He even traveled to Washington, D. C. in February of 1862 to pursue a commission to no avail. In May of 1862 he enlisted as a private in the Fourth Battalion Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, but a few days later it was discharged. So in July he was appointed a recruiting officer for the Thirtythird Massachusetts Volunteers, and after much labor and expense failed to secure enough men to obtain a commission. "If I don't get any commission at all, I shall go off somewhere, perhaps enlist. I won't be seen at home," were his words. At last, on the 14th of August, 1862, perseverance received its reward, and he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Second Massachusetts Volunteers, which had just immortalized itself at Cedar Mountain. The evening of August 17th found the young lieutenant with his regiment at Culpepper, in temporary command of Company D. TWo and a half years later, at the very end of the Civil War, he would be killed in action at Hatcher's Run near Petersburg, Virginia.
Source: http://www.ancestralheroes.com/book/export/html/4091
on 1/17/14.
Charles graduated from Harvard College in 1860, and being younger than many of his fellow graduates sought further education at the "Scientific School", which later morphed into Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He studied engineering.
When the Civil War broke out, he was drawn to the Union cause and began to seek a commission in one of the Massachusetts regiments. He even traveled to Washington, D. C. in February of 1862 to pursue a commission to no avail. In May of 1862 he enlisted as a private in the Fourth Battalion Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, but a few days later it was discharged. So in July he was appointed a recruiting officer for the Thirtythird Massachusetts Volunteers, and after much labor and expense failed to secure enough men to obtain a commission. "If I don't get any commission at all, I shall go off somewhere, perhaps enlist. I won't be seen at home," were his words. At last, on the 14th of August, 1862, perseverance received its reward, and he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Second Massachusetts Volunteers, which had just immortalized itself at Cedar Mountain. The evening of August 17th found the young lieutenant with his regiment at Culpepper, in temporary command of Company D. TWo and a half years later, at the very end of the Civil War, he would be killed in action at Hatcher's Run near Petersburg, Virginia.
Source: http://www.ancestralheroes.com/book/export/html/4091
on 1/17/14.
When the Civil War broke out, he was drawn to the Union cause and began to seek a commission in one of the Massachusetts regiments. He even traveled to Washington, D. C. in February of 1862 to pursue a commission to no avail. In May of 1862 he enlisted as a private in the Fourth Battalion Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, but a few days later it was discharged. So in July he was appointed a recruiting officer for the Thirtythird Massachusetts Volunteers, and after much labor and expense failed to secure enough men to obtain a commission. "If I don't get any commission at all, I shall go off somewhere, perhaps enlist. I won't be seen at home," were his words. At last, on the 14th of August, 1862, perseverance received its reward, and he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Second Massachusetts Volunteers, which had just immortalized itself at Cedar Mountain. The evening of August 17th found the young lieutenant with his regiment at Culpepper, in temporary command of Company D. TWo and a half years later, at the very end of the Civil War, he would be killed in action at Hatcher's Run near Petersburg, Virginia.
Source: http://www.ancestralheroes.com/book/export/html/4091
on 1/17/14.
